2012 European Cross Country Championships

The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December.

2012 European Cross Country Championships
OrganisersEAA
Edition19th
Date9 December
Host citySzentendre, Hungary
Events6
Distances9.880 km – Men
8.050 km – Women
8.050 km – U23 men
6.025 km – U23 women
6.025 km – Junior men
4.000 km – Junior women

Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country's first champion at the competition. The men's team race was won by Spain. Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming the first woman to retain her title. Team Ireland took gold in the senior women's race.

Race results

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Andrea Lalli became the first Italian to win the competition.

Senior men

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Andrea Lalli   Italy 30:01
  Hassan Chahdi   France 30:11
  Daniele Meucci   Italy 30:13
4 Tom Farrell   Great Britain 30:14
5 Carles Castillejo   Spain 30:14
6 Ayad Lamdassem   Spain 30:14
7 Polat Kemboi Arıkan   Turkey 30:21
8 Javier Guerra   Spain 30:22
9 Bashir Abdi   Belgium 30:26
10 Steve Vernon   Great Britain 30:28
11 Jonathan Taylor   Great Britain 30:30
12 Milan Kocourek   Czech Republic 30:33
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Spain
Carles Castillejo
Ayad Lamdassem
Javier Guerra
Juan Carlos Higuero
Antonio Dávid Jiménez
35
    Great Britain
Tom Farrell
Steve Vernon
Jonathan Taylor
Andy Vernon
Tom Humphries
38
    Italy
Andrea Lalli
Daniele Meucci
Gabriele De Nard
Patrick Nasti
Alex Baldaccini
63
  • Totals: 92 entrants, 92 starters, 84 finishers, 8 teams.[1]

Senior women

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The Women's podium
Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Fionnuala Britton   Ireland 27:45
  Ana Dulce Félix   Portugal 27:47
  Adrienne Herzog   Netherlands 27:48
4 Almensh Belete   Belgium 27:54
5 Laurane Picoche   France 27:55
6 Sophie Duarte   France 27:55
7 Nadia Ejjafini   Italy 27:59
8 Linda Byrne   Ireland 28:17
9 Lisa Stublić   Croatia 28:18
10 Diana Martín   Spain 28:19
11 Louise Damen   Great Britain 28:22
12 Sara Moreira   Portugal 28:26
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Ireland
Fionnuala Britton
Linda Byrne
Ava Hutchinson
Lizzie Lee
Sarah McCormack
52
    France
Laurane Picoche
Sophie Duarte
Christine Bardelle
Magali Bernard
Maryline Pellen
52
    Great Britain
Louise Damen
Caryl Jones
Rosie Smith
Elle Baker
Katrina Wootton
60
  • Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 54 finishers, 8 teams.[1]

Under-23 men

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Henrik Ingebrigtsen   Norway 24:30
  Soufiane Bouchikhi   Belgium 24:40
  James Wilkinson   Great Britain 24:43
4 Jesper van der Wielen   Netherlands 24:46
5 Romain Collenot-Spiret   France 24:50
6 Antonio Abadía   Spain 24:57
7 Abdelaziz Merzougui   Spain 24:57
8 Hayle Ibrahimov   Azerbaijan 24:59
9 Ørjan Grønnevig   Norway 25:00
10 Simon Denissel   France 25:02
11 Abdi Hakin Ulad   Denmark 25:04
12 Lars Erik Malde   Norway 25:05
Teams
Rank Team Points
    France
Romain Collenot-Spiret
Simon Denissel
Michael Gras
Matthieu Lonjou
Tanguy Pepiot
50
    Spain
Antonio Abadía
Abdelaziz Merzougui
Roberto Alaiz
Aitor Fernández
Gabriel Navarro
59
    Great Britain
James Wilkinson
Andrew Heyes
Simon Horsfield
Dewi Griffiths
Scott McDonald
80
  • Totals: 99 entrants, 99 starters, 94 finishers, 15 teams.[1]

Under-23 women

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Jess Coulson   Great Britain 20:40
  Lyudmila Lebedeva   Russia 20:49
  Clémence Calvin   France 20:52
4 Gulshat Fazlitdinova   Russia 20:52
5 Lauren Howarth   Great Britain 20:56
6 Corinna Harrer   Germany 21:04
7 Carla Salomé Rocha   Portugal 21:05
8 Yekaterina Matyunina   Russia 21:07
9 Viktoriya Pohoryelska   Ukraine 21:08
10 Catarina Ribeiro   Portugal 21:20
11 Layes Abdullayeva   Azerbaijan 21:23
12 Hannah Walker   Great Britain 21:27
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Russia
Lyudmila Lebedeva
Gulshat Fazlitdinova
Yekaterina Matyunina
Yelena Sedova
27
    Great Britain
Jess Coulson
Lauren Howarth
Hannah Walker
Lily Partridge
Beth Potter
Hannah Alderson
33
    Germany
Corinna Harrer
Jana Sussmann
Melanie Stemper
Domenika Weiss
Jannika John
86
  • Totals: 63 entrants, 63 starters, 63 finishers, 6 teams.[1]

Junior men

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Szymon Kulka   Poland 18:43
  Mitko Tsenov   Bulgaria 18:47
  Kieran Clements   Great Britain 18:57
4 Ferdinand Kvan Edman   Norway 18:59
5 Djilali Bedrani   France 18:59
6 Isaac Kimeli   Belgium 19:00
7 Alexandre Saddedine   France 19:00
8 Dino Bošnjak   Croatia 19:01
9 Charlie Grice   Great Britain 19:02
10 Viktor Bakharev   Russia 19:03
11 Mikhail Strelkov   Russia 19:04
12 Johannes Motschmann   Germany 19:10
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Russia
Viktor Bakharev
Mikhail Strelkov
Nikita Vysotskiy
Rudolf Petrukhin
Ivan Panferov
Aleksandr Novikov
50
    France
Djilali Bedrani
Alexandre Saddedine
Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse
Hamza Habjaoui
Félix Bour
51
    Great Britain
Kieran Clements
Charlie Grice
Ian Bailey
Charlie Hulson
Luke Traynor
54
  • Totals: 116 entrants, 116 starters, 114 finishers, 19 teams.[1]

Junior women

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Individual race
Rank Athlete Country Time (m:s)
  Amela Terzić   Serbia 13:29
  Emelia Gorecka   Great Britain 13:37
  Maya Rehberg   Germany 13:43
4 Maruša Mišmaš   Slovenia 13:44
5 Annabel Mason   Great Britain 13:47
6 Ummuhani Karacadir   Turkey 13:54
7 Mariya Hodakyvska   Ukraine 14:00
8 Jenny Walsh   Great Britain 14:01
9 Monica Florea   Romania 14:04
10 Yevdokiya Bukina   Russia 14:05
11 Luiza Litvinova   Russia 14:07
12 Liv Westphal   France 14:08
Teams
Rank Team Points
    Great Britain
Emelia Gorecka
Annabel Mason
Jenny Walsh
Jessica Judd
Alex Clay
Rhona Auckland
28
    Germany
Maya Rehberg
Anna Gehring
Caterina Granz
Johanna Schulz
Lisa Ziegler
Laura Clart
106
    Russia
Yevdokiya Bukina
Luiza Litvinova
Zulfira Fazlitdinova
Alena Shukhtuyeva
111
  • Totals: 94 entrants, 94 starters, 93 finishers, 16 teams.[1]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)23510
2  Russia (RUS)2114
3  Ireland (IRL)2002
4  France (FRA)1315
5  Spain (ESP)1102
6  Italy (ITA)1023
7  Norway (NOR)1001
  Poland (POL)1001
  Serbia (SRB)1001
10  Germany (GER)0123
11  Belgium (BEL)0101
  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
  Portugal (POR)0101
14  Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (14 entries)12121236

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "NameBright - Coming Soon". Archived from the original on 3 January 2014.